false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167928433m/28134.jpg 28134 13 "Most diseases can be separated from one's self ... schizophrenia is something we are." So begins Mark Vonnegut's depiction of his descent into, and eventual emergence from, mental illness. As a recent college graduate, self-avowed hippie, and son of a counterculture hero, Vonnegut begins to experience increasingly delusional thinking, suicidal thoughts, and physical incapacity. In February 1971 he is committed to a psychiatric hospital. The Eden Express, an ALA Notable Book first published over 25 years ago, is his honest, thoughtful, and moving account of the illness of schizophrenia. This edition features a new foreword by Kurt Vonnegut and a new preface by the author. "Required reading for those who want to understand insanity from the inside." — The New York Times 28720 1975 The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity total:461|5:136|4:185|3:104|2:30|1:6| 461 1798 717 60 4 24 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 10:36:06 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 18:50:36 -0700 2009 The Eden Express was written by Kurt Vonnegut's son Mark, and is a memoir of his struggles with schizophrenia, or his struggles with, what he once called, "apocalypse, shit storms, and eternal truths."

The first 70 pages of this 214 page book were pretty slow, and barely interes...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 22 18:53:32 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 15:34:46 -0700 2008 This autobiographical work (sole book by Vonnegut Jr. as ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 12:44:43 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 06:35:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Apr 05 10:39:28 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 10:44:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Mar 05 13:51:46 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 13:54:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 11:41:32 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 17:52:13 -0700 2009 speaking, in this novel, I never got bored. M. Vonnegut's writing style reminds me especially of John Fante's (which is unusual), enough so as to seem delibe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 10:50:17 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 16:23:53 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:50:17 -0800 2009 I say it was hard for me to read because I have had two people close to me go nuts.
All his ramblings reminded me so much of my friends breakdown that I had to skip around a lot because I couldn't take it.
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